[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Most of the girls present were thinking wildly, but Xichun was calm.

She knew very well that the second elder sister acted in a simple and direct way most of the time, just like this poetry club was for them to socialize and play, this letter of silver was for them to learn housekeeping for the first time.

The second elder sister is 14 years old now, and she will be 15 years old in November next year. She doesn't know how long she can stay at home.This Xue Baochai will also be 15 years old next year and was born in the first month of the lunar year. Maybe she will start seeing other people in the coming year.

This is also the only chance for my sisters to get in touch with the real businessmen.As long as you have learned Longmen Zhang and know the tricks here, you will not suffer in the future.

However, now Xichun is even more curious:

"Second Sister, I heard that the homes of the other concubines are also complete. The Zhou family and the Wu family have signed up for the family visit."

Those few houses are different from Jia's. After all, Jia Yan was rushing to live in Jia's Grand View Garden. In addition, Jia Yan also changed the original design drawings, which greatly reduced the amount of work.But the scheduled manpower was not dismissed, so Jia's Grand View Garden was the first to be repaired.He was also the first to invite officials from the Ministry of Rites to inspect the acceptance work.

Now that Jia Yan has moved in for almost ten days, it is not surprising that the rest of the family have also closed their work and are preparing to visit their relatives.

Although it is not shown on the surface, it is common for concubines to compare in the palace and their natal families to compare outside.

Jia Yan waved to her with a smile, let Xichun come forward, then hugged Xichun in her arms, and said, "I see. The fourth sister wants to draw a picture of visiting relatives, doesn't she?"

Although Xichun is still young, but because of Jia Jing's occasional teaching and guidance, she has some talent in painting, and she likes it, so now the ink landscape is quite good, but the fine brushwork is not enough. a little.

Probably because of her young age and lack of wrist strength.

"Ok!"

Sitting in Jia Yan's arms, Xichun nodded heavily.

With five heads and a round face with an extremely cautious look, Jia Yan liked it more and more.

Jia Yan hugged Xichun, and said with a smile: "It's a pity, the imperial concubine has a certain procedure in person, among other things, wherever the imperial concubine's guard of honor passes, the left and right will be blocked with step curtains. Even if it is on the left and right of the street The windows of the stores are all closed. Therefore, even if Uncle Jing nodded and led you to the street, he would not be able to see you. However, "

Jia Yan raised his head and asked, "Young Supervisor Si Zan, this should have a map of the class, right?"

Si Zan Shaojian Ji Tong hurriedly leaned back and said: "If you go back to your mother, there is indeed a map of the class. Since you ladies want to visit your relatives, you must first choose a suitable day for the Qin Tianjian, and then the Ministry of Rites and the Yeting Mansion will draw a map of the class to confirm. What kind of ceremonial guards, which palace attendants are accompanying, who is standing in what position... the map of the class must be handed over to Wansui for review, and Wansui's approval will allow you to visit your relatives. If Wansui does not pass, then you can only take it to change Until it is approved. Before you visit your relatives, this map will not be circulated outside, and after the visit, it will be transferred to the inner court library for sealing and archiving."

Jia Yan said with a smile: "It seems that the fourth sister can only draw by her own imagination."

Xichun said: "Okay. The country's laws are like this, so I'll paint this garden. The scenery in this garden is enough for me to paint for several years. If I add all the sisters, I can't finish painting in two or three years."

Jia Yan said: "Okay. The fourth sister draws slowly. But don't worry about it, otherwise, if Uncle Jing knows, I'm afraid it will hurt my heart."

"Ok!"

Xichun responded crisply.

Jia Yan hugged her again, asked her if she had enough pens, inks and paints, and said: "I remember the previous dynasty, no, in a longer period, there were Western missionaries who came to China. They were in the court, Most of them were employed as painters. In this dynasty, the court painter Ban Deming developed a landscape painting that combined Western painting methods, especially in recording court banquets and royal hunting. Since the fourth sister likes painting so much, Just lend it to the fourth younger sister to enjoy for two days."

Before Xichun opened his mouth, Shi Xiangyun said first: "Second sister, is this painting given by Long Live? Is it not good to just give such a precious thing to fourth sister?"

Xichun puffed her cheeks and said to Shi Xiangyun: "It's a loan! The second sister said to lend it to me! It's not for me." Then she turned her head and said to Jia Yan: "Second sister, forget it, it's the same when I come to the second sister to see it. "

Based on her feeling, Xichun doesn't like Shi Xiangyun very much, but she also knows that Shi Xiangyun is right.

It was a painting given to Jia Yan by the emperor, it would be bad if it was accidentally damaged.

Therefore, it is better for her to come to Jia Yan's side to see.

Jia Yan said: "Okay, since this is the case, I will ask someone to clean up the side hall of the Tiren Hall. If you want to come, I will use it for you."

When Xichun heard about it, she immediately raised a big smile.

Seeing this, Shi Xiangyun said: "Fourth sister is really too. She is such a big person, why are she still acting like a baby? Girl Qin is younger than you."

Xichun immediately said: "Then you are still jealous of her?"

Shi Xiangyun was taken aback for a moment, and just as he was about to open his mouth to stab back, Jia Yan spoke first: "Huh? Sister Yun is the prince's daughter, and the grandnephew of the old lady's natal family. She's so good-looking, how could she be jealous of Sister Qin?"

Even if Xue Baoqin pleases Jia's mother again, she is still just a little girl, and she is still a business girl.Why does Shi Xiangyun need to be jealous of her?

Xichun immediately stretched out her hand to show that she knew: "It's clothes!"

Because Jia Yan is warm here, everyone went to the cloak outside after coming in, but Jia Yan didn't think there was anything wrong.Therefore, when Xichun said this, Jia Yan was almost at a loss.

Until Xue Baochai asked Xue Baoqin's girl to bring the woof fur.

Jia Yan glanced casually and said, "My father is the only marquis in our family now, but the historian family is a double marquis, which is much better than our family. Sister Yun will not keep a cloak in her heart. It must be For other reasons."

Jia Yan remembers that Xue Baoqin and others appeared in the original book several years later than now.It stands to reason that in the original book, Xue Baoqin's Maodiqiu, who was able to top her body, should be too big for her now.

However, it is hard to say that Jia Min made several cloaks like this when he was at home and wore them at different ages.

Just like sisters Jia Yan Tanchun and Xichun, the gorilla felt cloak is also made every year.

As for the reason here, Jia Yan originally wanted to point out Jia Baoyu directly, but for the sake of Shi Xiangyun's reputation, he did so.

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiangyun said directly: "Did the second sister forget it? The old lady promised to give it to the second sister!"

Jia Yan said: "They are all the old things of the fourth aunt. The thoughts left by the old lady, the old lady will naturally be willing to give them to whomever she loves. Have you forgotten that the old lady likes girls of Sister Qin's age. Innocent. When the eldest sister was at home, she was also jealous of me, and I think Sister Yun is jealous of Sister Qin."

Xichun immediately shaved her face with her fingers, and made a face at Shi Xiangyun: "Be jealous, be jealous, be ashamed!"

Shi Xiangyun also made a face at Xichun.Then he said, "Second Sister, you don't know, this cockroach fur and bird gold fur are very rare. It is said that the bird gold fur is from Fanbang. It is called a female worker in Eros, and it is spun with peacock hair mixed with gold thread." Although this fur is not as good as the peacock feather, it is also spun from the wool on the top of the wild duck's head. Even the old lady said that she only has two of these, and there will be no more."

Jia Yan snorted and laughed: "The old lady said this in front of Baoyu, right? I think Baoyu has spoiled too many things over the years, and even the old lady has a headache but is reluctant to tell him. Heavy words, that's why I use such words to prevaricate. Among other things, the craft of blending bird feathers with silk and hemp was very popular in the Central Plains as early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties. China has gone through wars, and some crafts have been lost. However, it has been restored by others, and some of them have been carried forward by Fanbang. What’s so strange about it? Let’s take that peacock as an example. I heard that there are countries overseas, that peacock, just like our middle-earth. Like chickens and ducks, they are all poultry. There are sea merchants who specially buy peacock feathers from these places, and then send them to Lingnan or Jiangnan, where they are spun by skilled female workers. This is our own peacock feather. It's just that there have been too many thieves at sea in the past two years, so the peacock feathers are relatively rare, but there were quite a few in the old years. If the old lady gave Baoyu a rare one, it is at most because the peacock feathers came from the south of Yazhou. As for the country of Eros, it is in the extreme north, where it is covered with ice and snow for half of the year, the south and the north are extremes, so the pattern has an exotic style, that’s all.”

Before Jia Yan finished speaking, Xue Baoqin had already started laughing.

She said: "Your Majesty is very right. My father also said back then that there are some countries overseas that really raise peacocks like poultry."

Xue Baochai immediately said: "After all, it is the empress, who has a wide range of knowledge."

Jia Yan said with a smile: "What a wide range of knowledge, but I just happen to have such clothes on hand."

Shi Xiangyun said: "Is it also a sparrow golden fur?"

Jia Yan said: "There are birds and golden furs, and there are also duck and dimple furs."

"Is it a reward from the palace?"

Jia Yan said: "That's not true. The bird's golden fur was sent by Yan's family. They are big merchants in Lingnan, that is, Qiongzhou. Others rarely see peacock feathers, but they have a lot of them, because I got it." The royal family hired them, so they specially invited the best weavers in the south of the Yangtze River to spin them, and they were just delivered a few days ago. On the other hand, sister Lin's fur and other silk-wool blended clothes should be delivered earlier."

Tanchun was dumbfounded: "Sister Lin's home?"